GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

Glasgow

Based out of their Glasgow office your duties will comprise assisting with the organization and delivery of site investigation projects as assigned to you. This will include full accountability for all site-based logistics and activities and the effective site management of all technical, commercial and HSEQ (health, safety, environment and quality) components of each project and staff assigned to you and within your scope of responsibility.

The philosophy upon which we are growing our reputation and market share in Scotland is based upon providing compliant site investigation services which repeatedly and consistently use best practices to ensure the delivery of customer service excellence. You will be expected to adopt this philosophy and exemplify these values in all aspects of your day to day work.

Key Performance Indicators will be set in conjunction with the directors on an annual basis. As a guideline the geoenvironmental engineer is expected to ensure that all site work and technical output is carried out to a high standard, safely, on time and within budget. Key division of time spent on each part of the job will be set on an annual basis and reviewed regularly.

 Project Management

• Execution of ground investigations
• Contract management on site to including delivery of projects on time and tomaximize profits from each contract.
• Contribute expertise and provide input into the siteworks of new projects.

Technical 

• Prepare and deliver technical reports.

Communication

• Maintain an effective line of communication between site and the office.
• Maintain courteous and professional relations with clients and build upon the reputation within the industry.
• Build effective working relationships with other technical specialists
• Manage own time to ensure effective use of both billable and non-billable hours.
• Work with Principal engineers to develop personal objectives.
• Participate in professional growth opportunities and training and manage own career by being accountable for one’s behaviour, performance and development.
• Ensure alignment of behaviours, decisions and actions to meet standards expected

Maintenance and Business Development

• Contribute to and support management plans to enhance company performance and profitability.
• Support the maintenance of the quality, environmental and health and safety accreditations.
• Act in a professional and safe manner supporting the safeguarding of others in the workplace.

Monitoring and Auditing

• Assist the project managers in monitoring contractual and assurance performance.

Information

• Ensure Electronic Access to all relevant projects is kept up to date.
• Adhere to the more detailed responsibilities in the procedures referred to in Section
• Ensure update of Contract Delivery Key Performance Indicators.

Competencies

• Keep abreast of key economic factors, technological advances and political change that may affect the geo-environmental industry.
• Alert and engage people in the need for specific transformational changes in the way things are done.
• Energise, develop and enable colleagues to succeed.
• Drive plan delivery, holding people and self to account.
• Evaluate information to make sound decisions to manage risk and to drive safe, reliable and sustainable operations and protect licence to operate.
• Apply rigorous commercial and business thinking to decision making in order to generate value.

For more information on this role please reach out to a member of the Henry Gunn team via the contact form.